Archives for Metal

The Long Walk is a record that deals directly with the horrors of organized religion and the modern world by using horror as its primary frame of reference. Songs draw inspiration from Clive Barker stories -- "Inhuman Condition" -- and horror films -- "Alone in the Dark," “Headless Eyes” -- as a way of coping with the existential terror churches wreak on their followers.Read More

Women in Horror Month (WiHM) is an international, grassroots initiative, which encourages supporters to learn about and showcase the underrepresented work of women in the horror industries. Whether they are on the screen, behind the scenes, or contributing in their other various artistic ways, it is clear that women love, appreciate, and contribute to the horror genre. More information is available at the WiHM website. It’s a setup sure to be familiar to genre-savvy viewers: a group of friends decide to get away for a weekend and wind up somewhere curiously isolated. The locals don’t exactly give them aRead More

What follows, dear reader, is one random miscreant’s thoughts regarding the new comic book based on the music and the members of the massively popular thrash metal band SLAYER. Since this unique work of fiction is dangerously straddling two worlds notorious for strong opinions, constant infighting, and misanthropic tendencies, I felt that I should start off with a sort of clarification/mission statement about what you’re about to read, for everyone’s benefit — but mostly for mine. The goal here is to inform and entertain, without getting swatted and then stabbed in the face. Wish me luck! What I’ve got toRead More

Only 4 days after he celebrated his 70th birthday at the Whiskey, surrounded by many of the people who loved him most, Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister passed away on the couch of his Los Angeles apartment. Just before heading over to his party, one of the few men who is revered as a demigod by both punks and metalheads was sitting with my uncle Scott at his favorite stool at the Rainbow having what he didn’t know would be one of the last of their frequent discussions. Lemmy was a good man; he was not only a rock legend, but alsoRead More